I went to three, count them... one, two, three... car shows in
October. How cool is that? My youngest son went to all three with me.
That was the really cool part.

So this month I will take a break from the gal mileage issues and
show you some pictures. Now, right up front I need to say something.
With three car shows it was getting a little much taking pictures at
each one. So as you might expect I have fewer pictures from the last
show. But there were other reasons for that. My son almost didn't go to
the last car show. It was a it much. I promised him it would be very
short. It was not. But once there he wanted to see it all, so we spent
most of the time at the third one just walking the isles of cars and not
taking pictures. Also, the cars were packed in like sardines at the last
show so getting pictures was harder than any show I have been to on a
long time.

Enough of that. Here are the shows. Feel free to click on the
thumbnails for full 6 Megapixel resolutions copes of the pictures

Show #1 - International Auto Show

This is the typical new car show that goes from major city to major
city. San Antonio does not get any of the cool announcements like
Detroit, New York or Chicago. So there is nothing here you haven't seen
before.

The one big disappointment at this show was the lack of the Chevy
Volt. Even my son wanted to see it. I know the Chevy Volt changed its
looks to something like a regular car, rather than the radical original
concept car, but I still would have like to see it.

The good news was that they had a Challenger R/T you could actually
sit in, but they only has a Camaro convertible on a big platform that
you could not touch. My son and I noticed a lack of Porsches. Just one
lonely Boxster.

We start with the Pony Cars and the Challenger in a
really nice shade of Blue. The sticker was $37K with options.

Here are some nice daily drivers coupes & convertibles. The Miata
disappointed me exactly as expected. The cup holder in the door hits my
knee. Hope they fix that because I could see getting one of these as an
inexpensive convertible.

Here is the ZL1 and Z06 Corvettes. I also show the bad-ass Nissan
GT-R and a Lotus.

My son loves the PT Cruiser. This should make a great first car for
him. And I love the new CTS.

They had a small section of classic cars. Actually, they had two
small sections if you count the 4 classic Camaros near the new Camaro.
Here are my favorites from this show. I love Monte Carlos, so seeing
this at this kind of show was a real treat from me. I have seen this
Mustang at a number of local shows over the years. The VW was a neat old
car and I had to include at least one classic Camaro.

Show #1 - Mopar Show

This is a small annual show. I saw some cars I remember from the
past, and some I did not.

My friend had his 67 Coronet R/T there. He
missed last year's show but he was there this year. It is powered by the
original 440 and four speed. I told him to get a car that Year One makes
a catalog for, but he likes these boxy Mopars. Nobodies perfect.

A bunch of Road Runners and Chargers.

Of course we have to show Challengers and Barracudas. In fact, I was
able to get my son to tell the difference between 70, 71 & 72
Barracudas.

Show #1 - Mustang Club Sponsors Open Car Show

This was a show that was being held by a Mustang club. That is what I
thought when I headed to it. I was surprised how many other vehicles
were there. There were packed in like sardines. There were a lot of
Mustangs. I managed to teach my son how to tell the different between
65, 66, 67, 68, 69 & 70 Mustangs. I even managed to show him the
difference in some of the Shelby years as well as got a little education
myself.

Here are the old Mustangs

And some new Mustangs

Here were some other cars I got pictures of. I only had 3 minutes of
battery power at the start of this show. Oops! Remember to recharge
those batteries.

Conclusion

Next month I will try to come up with something to continue the trend
in gas mileage.